Crazy summer!

This has been one busy summer! Quickie update...Brendan is growing and happy and healthy as always. He transitions to the pre-Kindergarten room in August. I've completed a few knitting projects and am currently on a baby sweater. Work for Marc and I continues on. I'll post photos of the knitted items and other stuff soon.

Jury duty

This past week I served on a jury in a "road rage" trial. We rendered our verdict of guilty on all charges this morning: reckless driving and assault with a deadly weapon (being the car). After the trial was over, I had a chance to speak to the defending attorney and now I feel sick to my stomach. There were details not admitted during the trial that would have left me voting not guilty had they been admitted. I can't stop thinking about this man that is now going away to prison for a long time...god help me and him...

Russian tortoise

This is the little Russian tortoise I've been watching this weekend. He now belongs to my son's preschool room, but I'll be taking him home on weekends, holidays, or whenever they need me to take him. I've grown attached to him after just a few days together. In the photo, he's snoozing in my backyard. :))))

Wonderwool cable set

This is a hat, scarf, and mitten set I just finished for my mom. The hat was done using the pattern coronet, and I used the same cable to do both the scarf (my design) and the mittens (modified from LB's 2-needle mittens). I used Wonderwool tweed.

Tile mosaic

This is a tile mosaic I'm doing for the entryway wall in my house. I'll post more photos when it's completed and on the wall.

Baby booties and hat

Here's a bootie and hat set I made for a coworker a couple months ago. Don't ya just looooove baby booties?!!!

Yarn crazy cat

This is about the zillionth time I've wanted to skin my younger male, Ozzy alive. He adores my knitting and any time I leave it anywhere in the open, I come home to find it here, there, everywhere! This time it was wrapped around the vacuum. Later that day, I found it in 2 pieces, with the working yarn broken from the scarf in progress! I just about wanted to kill him! Good thing he's so cute! That's him in the above photo (black cat).